Dennis Quaid‘s role as convicted murderer Keith Hunter Jesperson is very different from The old trapNick PARKER – But somehow the film might have scored him Happy face perform.
During an exclusive interview with US WeeklyQuaid, 70, was asked about his time to play Nick Parker in the 1998 iconic film, to which he said: “I think they hired me [on Happy Face] To tell you the truth. I tried to catch the truth of this guy, but it is not a beautiful truth. “
Quaid broke his approach to playing Jesperson, 69, where they did not get too close to the material.
‘I did not meet him on purpose because [Jesperson’s daughter] Melissa [Moore] wrote this book [that inspired the show]. I think she knows him better than he knows, “said the actor.” Because I think he lied to himself a lot. That is the only way to do those things. Rationalization. Serie killers have no feelings. Otherwise, how do they do what they do? “
Happy face is largely inspired by Moore’s podcast “Happy Face” and its autobiography from 2009, Shattered silence. Moore has focused on Jesperson’s daughter, while he keeps serving his sentence after he killed at least eight women in the early nineties.
Before he came to the show, quaid was already a real crime fan. “What I like about the show is that it is authentic. That’s what it’s going for,” he shared with Us. ‘I fall asleep Dateline All the time – in a good way. But if you like real crime, you will be addicted to this. “
Quaid acknowledged that, although he did not reach Jesperson, the prisoner could still have his thoughts about the series.
“I don’t care what he thinks about to tell you the truth,” he explained. “I hope he will not see the show, because I am sure he would be interested in seeing the show. He is bored in prison.”
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The actor continued: “He is in a hole in a prison, that is exactly where he should be. I didn’t want to give him any form of satisfaction or excitement. In this story it is really from his daughter’s point of view.”
Although she was not looking for the opinion of Jesperson, Quaid preferred to bring a real person to life.
“I like to play real people because real stories are stranger than fiction,” Quaid told us. “You can’t come up with this. But I usually like to meet the real person if they still live because I want to play it from their point of view. But I didn’t want to meet him with this.”
New episodes of Happy face Stream Thursday on Paramount+.
With reporting by Travis Cronin and Antonio Ferme